Dog Days

This winter I thought for SURE I'd be outside all day, everyday once it warmed up around here. Well, the warm (HOT) weather has come and some days it's all I can do to make myself take the girls out on the porch to blow bubbles. I do try to take a little walk in the mornings before it gets to warm. Pathetic, I know. Maybe (hopefully) it's just the pregnancy but I can't take the "warmth" for very long at all! The other problems have been the 35 mph winds we typically can have up here and the roaming babies who want to be everywhere they aren't supposed to be. Ok, I think I'm done complaining.

Anyway, I've been having to come up with new ideas to keep little hands busy and crying to "go" (outside) at a minimum. I got out these cute little Nativity figures that a lady made for Phil years ago. They worked for a while but then there was fighting over baby Jesus and a chicken getting pulled apart so they've gone "bye-bye" for now.

I was pretty impressed though when I saw how Lily had arranged the Holy Family etc all around Jesus.
After a lot of crying I broke down and we got outside. I didn't have enough energy for full out pool time so I let girls get wet (and muddy) with a little water, some bowls, spoons and cups, such a good time!

We have one more week before we leave on vacation and really I'm feeling the need to have just that!

Lily Likes It!

Raisins! She's actually eating raisins! I've tried giving them to her before and she wouldn't touch them. So this time I got sneaky and dipped them in peanut butter (plus I thought she'd think they were chocolate chips and at least give them a chance) which she liked, but then she just ate them alone and kept asking for more. I'm so glad to find another healthy option for snack time. I'm getting weary of trying to figure out what she'll eat.

I'm at the point of deciding that she'll have to eat what we're having at a meal or she'll just have to do without. Is that awful? I'm just tired of cooking 2 meals for lunch and 2 for supper, one for her and one for us. And all she eats is spaghetti and mac-n-cheese. Giving her mac-n-cheese all the time is grossing me out. It's ok now and then, but every other day is not good.

The other night I made something a little spicy for me and Phil's supper, so I was making chicken and beans for Clara to eat and spaghetti for Lily and thought, this is crazy...I'm making 3 meals! I can't keep doing that. Especially with another baby in the mix. What if this is another picky one?

If anyone has any thoughts on this topic (what to do with a picky eater) I'd love some ideas. Believe me though, I've tried just about everything! Mom, should I just suck it up and resign myself to "pom fritz and peanut butter"? HELP!

Grumpy.

There are good days and bad days I know. So far today has been a "bad" day. Lily has been whiny and ornery and I've just flat out had a very short fuse. My patience has been on the almost nonexistent end of the patience spectrum. Tack on Clara's attachment issues and I just feel like I'm at my wit's end sometimes. I've managed to get a little cleaning done this morning when the girls are usually at their best, but today they want me to sit with them and read or hold them. When I do end up sitting with them for a while they fight over who gets in my lap or over the book or toy the other has. I put Clara in the walker for a bit while Lily drew in one of my cookbooks (wit's end!) but when Lily was ready to get down it was none stop terror from Clara in the walker. I put Clara on the floor but then it's fuss and cry till Mama picks her up. Lily has gone weeks without a TT accident, but this morning of course we had TT all over the floor and of course Clara had to get in some of it. And it's no news that Lily is a PICKY eater but lately she doesn't even want much of the 3 things she will eat. Since she didn't want to eat lunch today she got bored and her whole bowl of spaghetti ended up on the floor. Grrr.

Both girls are down for a nap right now and I'm enjoying the little time I have to forget this morning (by documenting it here for all time) and hope for a better afternoon. I think we'll be able to go outside at least. We'll reach a warm 45 today!